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Inquiry heads greeted with applause

Inquiry ... NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter McClellan will lead the investigation into child sexual abuse in Australian history. Photo: Nic Gibson

THE broad experience of the six royal commissioners from several states has been met with near universal acclaim since their names were released on Friday.

Victims' advocates and church groups have displayed rare unity in applauding the backgrounds of the commissioners, to be led by the NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter McClellan.

UnitingCare Australia's national director, Lin Hatfield Dodds, was among those welcoming the appointment of multiple commissioners, saying her group had urged such an approach.

Justice McClellan will be assisted by former Queensland police commissioner Bob Atkinson, former Victorian president of the Children's Court Justice Jennifer Coate, Productivity Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, consultant psychiatrist Professor Helen Milroy and former West Australian senator Andrew Murray.